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State Capacity and Long-Run Performance

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  • Dincecco, Mark
  • Katz, Gabriel

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We examine the long-term links between state capacity and economic performance. Our database is novel and spans 11 countries and 4 centuries in Europe, the birthplace of modern economic growth. A dynamic simultaneous equation panel model indicates that the performance effects of states with modern extractive and productive capabilities are significant, large, and robust to a broad range of specifications, controls, and sub-samples. We find that the establishment of an effective state increased per capita GDP by 7 percent over a half-century and by 11 percent over a full century.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 38299.

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Keywords: political regimes; state capacity; public services; economic performance; European history;

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